Comcast rep solicited SSN and IMEI under guise of TV box swap
A customer called Xfinity for a TV repair and was steered into a re-signup that asked for SSN, birthday, and IMEI; they suspect the rep was attempting to enroll their phone in unwanted service. Vendor sales-tactic complaint.
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